Methods, systems, and devices for managing, reprioritizing, and suppressing initiated alarms

• US 10,127,799 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2017
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thai Oil Public Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Thai Oil Public Company Limited
• Inventors: Janchookiat, Mongkol
• Primary Examiner(s): Rushing, Mark
• Application Number:
  US15/641,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20170301225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 340511
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0272 Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/327 Alarm or error message display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/81 Threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/02 Monitoring continuously signalling or alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/185 Signal analysis techniques for reducing or preventing false alarms or for enhancing the reliability of the system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0609 based on severity or priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0631 using root cause analysis; using analysis of correlation between notifications, alarms or events based on decision criteria, e.g. hierarchy, tree or time analysis

Abstract

Present example embodiments relate generally to methods, systems, devices, computer readable medium, and logic for managing a plurality of alarms initiated by a plurality of alarm sensors. The method may include receiving a plurality of initiated alarm. The method may further include prioritizing one or more of the initiated alarms. The method may further include reprioritizing one or more of the prioritized initiated alarm when the one or more prioritized initiated alarm satisfies a reprioritization condition. The method may further include providing information pertaining to the one or more reprioritized alarms.

Claims

1. A method for managing a plurality of alarms initiated by a plurality of alarm sensors, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a plurality of initiated alarms;

prioritizing, by the processor, one or more of the initiated alarms;

processing, by the processor, one or more of the prioritized initiated alarms based on a reprioritization condition;

responsive to a determination that one or more of the processed prioritized initiated alarms satisfy the reprioritization condition, reprioritizing, by the processor, the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms that satisfy the reprioritization condition, the reprioritizing including dynamically changing one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms; and

providing information pertaining to the one or more reprioritized alarms.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a group alarm when two or more related initiated alarms are received, wherein the related initiated alarms include the same priority and a same initial operator response.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising suppressing one or more of the initiated alarms.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the reprioritized alarm includes a group alarm.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the reprioritized alarm includes a condition-based alarm.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the reprioritizing further includes, after dynamically changing the one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms being reprioritized, performing a prioritizing of the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms based on the dynamically changed one or more limit settings.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the information provided pertaining to the reprioritized alarms includes information pertaining to the dynamically changed one or more limit settings and does not include information pertaining to the one or more limit settings that were dynamically changed by the reprioritizing.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the reprioritizing comprises dynamically changing one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the reprioritizing further includes, after dynamically changing the one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms being reprioritized, performing a prioritizing of the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms based on the dynamically changed one or more priorities.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the information provided pertaining to the reprioritized alarms includes information pertaining to the dynamically changed one or more priorities and does not include information pertaining to the one or more priorities that were dynamically changed by the reprioritizing.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the reprioritizing comprises:

dynamically changing one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms; and

dynamically changing one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms.

6. A system for managing a plurality of alarms initiated by a plurality of alarm sensors, the system comprising:

a network;

a graphical display;

an interface operable to receive signals representing initiated alarms;

a storage device including a database, the database configurable to store alarm information;

a processor in communication with the graphical display, the interface, the storage device, and the network, the processor operable to;

receive, from the interface via the network, a plurality of initiated alarms;

prioritize one or more of the initiated alarms;

process one or more of the prioritized initiated alarms based on a reprioritization condition;

responsive to a determination that one or more of the processed prioritized initiated alarms satisfy the reprioritization condition, reprioritize the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms that satisfy the reprioritization condition, the reprioritizing including dynamically changing one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms;

display, on the graphical display, information pertaining to one or more of the reprioritized alarms.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a computing device in communication with the processor through the network, the computing device comprising logic operable to receive and display initiated alarms received at the processor.

17. The system of claim 6, wherein the reprioritizing, by the processor, comprises dynamically changing one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the reprioritizing, by the processor, further includes, after dynamically changing the one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms being reprioritized, performing a prioritizing of the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms based on the dynamically changed one or more priorities.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the information displayed, by the processor on the graphical display, pertaining to the reprioritized alarms includes information pertaining to the dynamically changed one or more priorities and does not include information pertaining to the one or more priorities that were dynamically changed by the reprioritizing.

20. The system of claim 6, wherein the reprioritizing, by the processor, comprises:

dynamically changing one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms; and

dynamically changing one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms.

8. Logic for managing a plurality of alarms initiated by a plurality of alarm sensors, the logic being embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and, when executed, operable to cause a computing device to perform the steps of:

prioritizing, by the computing device, one or more initiated alarms;

processing, by the computing device, one or more of the prioritized initiated alarms based on a reprioritization condition;

responsive to a determination that one or more of the processed prioritized initiated alarms satisfy the reprioritization condition, reprioritizing, by the computing device, the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms that satisfy the reprioritization condition, the reprioritizing including dynamically changing one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms;

displaying, on a graphical display in communication with the computing device, information pertaining to one or more of the reprioritized alarms.

21. The logic of claim 8, wherein the reprioritizing further includes, after dynamically changing the one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms being reprioritized, performing a prioritizing of the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms based on the dynamically changed one or more limit settings.

22. The logic of claim 8, wherein the information displayed on the graphical display pertaining to the reprioritized alarms includes information pertaining to the dynamically changed one or more limit settings and does not include information pertaining to the one or more limit settings that were dynamically changed by the reprioritizing.

23. The logic of claim 8, wherein the reprioritizing comprises dynamically changing one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms.

24. The logic of claim 23, wherein the reprioritizing further includes, after dynamically changing the one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms being reprioritized, performing a prioritizing of the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms based on the dynamically changed one or more priorities.

25. The logic of claim 23, wherein the information displayed on the graphical display pertaining to the reprioritized alarms includes information pertaining to the dynamically changed one or more priorities and does not include information pertaining to the one or more priorities that were dynamically changed by the reprioritizing.

26. The logic of claim 8, wherein the reprioritizing comprises:

dynamically changing one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms; and

dynamically changing one or more priorities for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms.

15. The system of claimer 6, wherein the reprioritizing, by the processor, further includes, after dynamically changing the one or more limit settings for the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms being reprioritized, performing a prioritizing of the one or more processed prioritized initiated alarms based on the dynamically changed one or more limit settings.

16. The system of claimer 6, wherein the information displayed, by the processor on the graphical display, pertaining to the reprioritized alarms includes information pertaining to the dynamically changed one or more limit settings and does not include information pertaining to the one or more limit settings that were dynamically changed by the reprioritizing.